I have struggled with feeling worthy nearly my entire life. I always felt like I had to earn anything that I had. That I had to do something for someone to deserve them doing something nice for me in return. This was especially true for me when it came to relationships. I only deserved love [...]
Category: Opinion
So Long, 2020
So about this year.
How do you catch all the fish in the sea? How modern dating norms have changed relationships
It’s a beautiful, sunny day, and I decide to spend the morning taking my mini-Bernedoodle, Pepito, to the local farmer’s market for a walk. As I’m stopping to grab a frozen lemonade from a vendor, I accidentally drop Pepito’s leash and he takes off. I run after him, and when I finally catch up to [...]
When you feel your opinion is irrelephant: Political Bias on college campuses
It wasn’t until my sociology class during my freshman year at Northeastern University that I first had to make a decision: Do I lie to blend in? Or do I tell the truth - and risk being attacked? We had a speaker come in and talk to us about the media, and he asked which [...]
No More Damsel in Distress: Representation in Films as told by a Former Disney Cast Member
“You can’t marry a man you just met,” Queen Elsa says to her sister, Anna, in the hit Disney film “Frozen.” This was the first time in forever that a Disney character has not only acknowledged, but called out, the often criticized trend of Disney princesses getting married to their Prince Charming after nothing but [...]
2018 – Love, Patience, Pain
This time last year, I was an anxious mess constantly wondering what I was going to do with my life and what I wanted to be when I grew up. I knew my job wasn’t fulfilling me, but I’d spent so long working to get to where I was with the company I wanted to [...]
Invisible Scars: Would You Have Believed Me?
“Get the f-ck over it. I’m done with you being so crazy.” That is one of many texts (888 PDF pages worth of them, to be exact) between me and my “best friend,” the first person I ever loved. I wish I could say that was the first and last time he spoke to me [...]
Cruelty-Free Consumer
Do you know how the ingredients in your shampoo were tested? Do you know the production stages for your favorite foundation? Probably not, but here’s why you should. Despite the fact that the U.S. FDA does not require it by law, several cosmetics companies continue to use animal testing for their production. These experiments lead [...]